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06-03-2012, 10:45am | #41 | ||||||
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Florida Seminoles? THAT'S RACIST!
Florida Marlins? THAT'S FISHEST! Florida Devil Rays? THAT'S ANTI-SATAN! Miami Heat? THAT'S ANTI-ANTARCTIC! |
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Already happened in my native NY, our high school mascot is/was the Warrior. The area in NY I'm from has Iroquois nation roots, hence the mascot choice back in the 60s (when the school was built). However, due to all the PC BS, they changed the Indian Head motif to a Spartan looking one.
I think the intent was to celebrate positive attributes like bravery and courage as well as acknowledge the area's Native American history...now, everyone is offended by everything...oh well... |
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I'd LOVE for tribal spokespeople to come out and publicly say:
"STOP THE BULLSHIT!!!! We are NOT offended by naming or depicting Native Americans in your sports teams, or schools. As long as you're not directly insulting us by the portrayal, then we are PROUD to represent your schools or teams." Stupid white guilt. I'm half Indian and I'm more offended by those with the self-righteous, faux indignation, and trying to fix something that isn't broke in order to appease their own perceived wrong. Idiots. |
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BTW: What becomes of, 1. INDIANAPOLIS 2. INDIANA 3. CHEYENNE 4. SOUIX CITY, FALLS, etc. There are THOUSANDS of locations with "Indian" names. WHO decides who changes and who doesn't? Hmmmm... |
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I'm grouchy in the mornings. As I don't believe in your or anyone else's right to be entitled to an apology if you feel offended by what I say, there will be none. |
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Uhhh...bill_daniels, I'm sorry I called you a ****-sucking piece of shit.
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I don't give a crap one way or another about the original subject of team mascot names. What set me off was two threads - this being one - on the first page of OT with pessimistic observations about the future of my United States.
* * * If you have ever said or thought "This country is going to Hell" or "This country is going down the tubes" and meant it - then I believe you are a fool. My America doesn't need the cowardice of the soul this kind of pessimism hallmarks. Many self-identified "conservatives" of my acquaintance are nothing more than soul-cowards. Afraid of the immigrant, afraid of gays, afraid of scientific advancement, afraid of future loss of personal privilege, afraid of insignificant, immaterial social change, afraid afraid afraid... I am tired of these useless pessimistic cowards. I don't know how these people even get out of bed, because the world outside their house is so threatening, frightening and scary to them. "Liberals" and "Progressives" are just as bad with their naive, foolish belief that they can create a society of perfect equality and opportunity if only they had enough resources. Poor, foolish deluded souls. But at the least - at the very least - Liberals are optimists. On the whole I prefer the company of people who say "Can" and "Will" and "Well, why *not*?" instead of "Can't" and "Shouldn't" and "Better not". Which are you... and why? |
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I would be one who is in touch with reality, there is reason to be pessimistic right now. To not recognize that there are serious problems with the direction this country is headed would be foolish. I would classify my political bias as conservative, though I am not afraid of immigrants. Let's not confuse uncontrolled illegal immigration with legal immigration. I am also not afraid of gays, as a matter of fact, I really don't think about them much at all. I do think that homosexuality is abnormal, but I really don't care how they choose to live and I don't think gays are bad people. Afraid of scientific advancement? I can't remember the last time I cowered in fear of a new discovery. Afraid of future loss of personal privilege? Yes, I live in reality and that one does concern me with the direction things are headed. Afraid of insignificant, immaterial social change? I'm not sure what is meant by that one, but if it is "gay marriage", I wouldn't call that insignificant social change. Compare this "pessimism" to a sinking ship. To smile and be happy when the ship is progressing to the bottom of the sea seems kind of silly to me. I would rather start bailing and fix the leak, or at least put on a life jacket. |
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How long until they realize that some of the states are named after Indian tribes...
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Next thing you know they will be saying they have a constitutional right to all the SMAC they want |
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And, at this point I believe you are nothing but a troll, MattW... as evidenced by your series of posts here, along with the context in which you submitted them. Your first post was intentionally designed to produce some controversy along the lines of a premise which you later denied. Whatever. Even if you were serious in your initial defense of the issue in the OP, which I now doubt, it isn't worth discussing such an absurd notion. And if you're trying to be a troll, I'll say this... your first trolling attempt in your first post in this thread was successful. Later, you tried too hard. So now I'm turning the tables back on you, MattW. Which are you? Troll or babbling idiot? And to the patriots here who are willing to call out such politically correct horseshit as referenced in the OP, I salute you. |
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